The Global Learning Hub is committed to promoting access to global learning opportunities for students of color. Participation in global learning can be a great way to explore a passion, advance your academic/personal plans, enhance your resume, and connect with global communities. It can also be an opportunity to explore how racial and ethnic identities are perceived and experienced in varying or similar global learning environments.
While many students of color participate in global learning opportunities without incident, perceptions of your racial and/or ethnic identity may be different based on the global learning environment you are entering. You may experience unexpected or more intense instances of discrimination. Understanding your global learning environment’s cultural and social climate can better prepare you for such experiences and inform your response strategies.
The Global Learning Hub is committed to working with the Cross Cultural Center to provide resources and support for students of color participating in global learning opportunities. The following resources may also be helpful:
- Center for African Diaspora Student Success
- Center for Chicanx and Latinx Academic Student Success
- Cross Cultural Center
- Diversity Abroad – Students of Color Abroad
- Diversity Abroad Article: Overcoming Fear of the “Unknown”
- Exploring Your Identity Abroad Series - Don’t Just Survive, Thrive: Education Abroad for BIPOC Students
- Exploring Your Identity Abroad Series: El Mundo Es Tuyo: Global Learning for Latinx/e/@ Students
- PLATO: Project for Learning Abroad, Training and Outreach
- 2022 Focus Group Findings: Latinx Student Input on Global Learning
- Native American Academic Student Success Center
- Strategic Asian and Pacific Islander Retention Initiative
- UC Alumni Article: 10 Tips for Being BIPOC Abroad: Surviving and Thriving in Study Abroad for BIPOC Students